3-Americas

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Americas, 1750-1914


Political

  • Monroe doctrine secured Americas from European Imperialis
  • Spanish-American War, U.S. gains Puerto Rico,Guam, Phillipines, and Cuba
  • American Civil War 1861 - 1865
  • U.S. Constitution established in 1787
  • Latin American countries gain independence

Economic

  • Commodore Mathew Perry opens up Japan to trade
  • Panama Canal built from 1903 - 1914 to allow easier trade
  • U.S. shifts from agriculture economy to industrialized economy

Religious

  • U.S. grants freedom of Religion

Social

  • Slavery condemned and abolished in the 1860
  • 25,000,000 Europeans migrate to the Americas to escape famine, oppression, or for more opportunities
  • Native Americans pushed off land by European settlers

Intellectual

  • Patriarchal society
  • Beginning of women's right

(Technology)

  • Steam engine, transcontinental railroad, automobile, asembly line, photography, telegraph, and many other inventions help improve society

Near Geographic

  • Louisiana Purchase gains 1/3 of U.S.'s current landmass.
  • U.S. gains territories in Alaska and Hawaii